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Breach occurred 2026-04-24Verifiedudemy.com
What happened
In April 2026, online training company Udemy was the victim of a “pay or leak” extortion attempt perpetrated by the ShinyHunters group. The data was subsequently leaked publicly and contained 1.4M unique email addresses belonging to customers and instructors. The data also included names, physical addresses, phone numbers, employer information and instructor payout methods including PayPal, cheque and bank transfer.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Udemy data breach occurred on April 24, 2026. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on April 26, 2026.
1,401,259 accounts were affected by the Udemy data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Udemy breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Employers, Job titles, Names, Payment methods, Phone numbers, Physical addresses.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Udemy breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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